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Jordan’s mega-plan for water security risks locking in fossil gas demand

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Jordan’s mega-plan for water security risks locking in fossil gas demand
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On the desert shores of the Red Sea, Jordan plans to build a vast desalination plant to send drinking water hundreds of kilometres across its arid interior to the capital, Amman – bolstering climate resilience and reducing reliance on Israel for the vital resource.



As climate change exacerbates water scarcity in Jordan, a deterioration in the country’s already prickly ties with Israel since the start of the Gaza war has underscored the strategic importance of the roughly $6-billion desa

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